Garment support



M.L.GOLDBERT Feb. 1, 1944.

GARMENT SUPPORT Filed June 22, 1942 R ,Wmw O P E T.E N NB R w w 0 JA 0 M LY B Patented Feb. 1, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT SUPPORT Max L. Goldbert, New York, N. Y.

Application June 22, 1942, Serial No. 448,047

6 Claims.

My invention relates to garment supports, and particularly to a device for supporting a coat, jacket or similar article, as well as trousers, skirts, etc.

The main object of my invention is the provision of a device for supporting coats, having thereon means for supporting other articles of clothing.

Another object of my invention is the provision, in a coat hanger, of locking means to secure other garments thereonf A further object of my invention is the provision, in a coat hanger, of a pair of movable bars or rods between which other garments, as trousers, skirts, etc., may be secured onto the coat hanger.

Other and further objects of my invention will in part be apparent from the following description of an illustrative embodiment of my invention, and still others will be specifically pointed out hereinbelow.

In the drawing annexed hereto, forming a part hereof,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of one form of device constructed according to and embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational exploded view of the lock bar components of my invention; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

My new and improved garment support, indicated generally by reference numeral I0, comprises a contoured bar, of generally I-beam section, curved downwardly from a central crown II, and having a pair of outwardly flared arms I2, I2, all in the same plane. A hook member 68 may be formed at the top of the bar, rising upwardly from crown I I, so that the device may be suspended, as desired, from a wall hook, cross bar, wire, or the like. A second hook 50 may be formed, projecting down from the underside of the crown, to which may be attached belts, neckties, insecticidal devices, or the like. Both hooks 5t, 80 are in the ame plane with arms I2, I2.

Arms I2, I2 are flared outwardly and down, as at I3, I3, and are provided with extensions I4, 64 which are angled sharply down and inwardly, towards each other. These angled extensions I4, I4 terminate in upward projecting fingers I6, I6, having fiat tops 22, 22. At the angles between extensions I4, I4 and fingers I6, I6, vertically upstanding pins I8, I8 are formed, terminating in outwardly turned heads 20, 20.

The entire construction of my new and improved garment supporter, as above described, may, if desired, be formed as by molding, of plastic material or otherwise. The only desideratum is that the material of which it is formed be such as to permit flexing of the arms I2, I-2, to spring them inwardly to some slight extent. My invention is to be limited, however, only by the scope of the-annexed claims.

I provide a bridge beam, or rod 24, of inverted triangle section, the ends of which are vertically apertured, as at 28, 28. These openings 26, 28 are longer in extent than the thickness of pins It, It although the distance between the apertures 26, 26 is slightly less than the normal spacing between pins I8, I8. Thus, in order to place beam 22 onto the support, it is necessary to flex same and bring the arms I2, I2 towards each other so that beam 24 may be threaded over the heads 28, 28 of pins I8, I8; the tendency of the support to return to normal will lock beam 24 against the pins (see sectioned portion of Fig. 1).

A second bar 38 is provided, having vertical apertures 34, 34 at the ends thereof, and upstanding finger pieces 32, 32 alongside the inner margin of these openings. In fashion similar to beam 24, bar 38 may be threaded in over the pins I8, I8 and held in place thereon by heads 20, 28 and the outwardly urged biasing of arms I2, I2. The underside of lock bar 30 is hollowed out, as at 3B.

In use, a coat, jacket or similar garment may be mounted over arms I2, I2, the collar of the garment fitting about the crown I I, and the ends I3, it of the device fitting into the sleeve sockets. To this extent my device is conventional, but in the bridge beam and lock bar arrangement, my.

device departs from prior constructions in providing means to secure another garment thereonto.

The terminal ends of the arms l2, I2 form a resting platform 22 and a receiving pin for securing bridge beam 2 1. A pair of trousers, skirt or the like may be folded over the beam, and locked thereon by the application of lock bar 38, as described, or if desired, the ends or cuffs of the trousers, or skirt waist band, may be rested on platform 28 and locked thereon by bar 35], the hollowed underside 36 thereof, providing two point contact. To release lock bar 3%], pressure applied against finger piece to draw arms I2 towards each other, will bring pin I8 inwardly past the margin of the openings 26, 84 so as to permit withdrawal of lock bar 30 as well as bridge beam 32.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device as in claim 6, having a bridge beam of lesser length than the norma1 distance between the pins, fitting over the pins and resting on the platform portions.

2. In a device of the character described, a crown member, a pair of outwardly extending arms, the arms each having a downwardly and inwardly angled extension, an upwardly and inwardly angled finger, the ends of the fingers forming platforms, and a vertically upstanding pin between each of the downwardly and upwardly angled extensions, all in the same plane, a bridge beam member fitting over the pins and resting on the platform portions, and a lock bar, also fitting over the pins and resting on the bridge beam, and means to releasably secure the beam and lock bar.

3. A garment support comprising a crown member, a pair of arms extending outwardly from said crown member and curving downwardly, the terminal ends of the arms being reversely turned and upwardly angled and terminating in horizontal platforms; a pair of vertically upstanding pins rising above the platforms, a bridge .beam, and a lock bar, the beam and bar being vertically apertured to receive the pins therethrough whereby to releasably secure same onto the terminal ends of the arms. fl, Adevice as in claim 2, wherein the arms are formed of resilient material, the normal distance between the pins may be varied, the bridge beam and lock bar are of lesser length than the normal distance between the pins, and the beam and bar are fitted over the pins upon reduction of the normal distance therebetween and secured thereon by the tendency of the arms to return to their normal spacing.

5. A garment support as in claim 3, in which the crown and arms are integrally formed as a single unit of resilient material, and the arms are flexible towards and away from each other, receiving the beam and bar on the pins when the arms are flexed towards each other, and securing the beam and bar on the pins by the tendency of the arms to return to normal condition.

6. In a device of the character described, a crown member, a pair of arms of resilient material extending outwardly from said crown member, the arms each having a downwardly and inwardly angled extension and an upwardly angled extension at the terminal end thereof providing a platform, and a vertically upstanding pin on each arm between the downwardly angled extension and the platform, the pin projecting above the level of the platform.

MAX L. GOLDBERT. 

